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WARREN B. HUTCHINSON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AND SAMUEL M. FRIEDE, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS T0 H. & F. MATCH MACHINE CORPORATION, OF` NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specication of Letters Iatent. Patented Mal'. 16, 1920.

Application led March 30, 1918.v Serial No. 225,628.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, WARREN B. HUToH- INsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Newark, county "of Essex, and State of New Jersey, and SAMUEL M. FEIEDE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State 'of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Match-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.V

Our invention relates to improvements in match machines of the kind in which a eontinuous carrier is employed to dip the matches, and in which mechanism is used for inserting splints in the carrier. The ,olo-

ject of our invention is to simplify and improve the construction of machines of this kind and particularly to improve the construction of the carrier' to the end that it may be made cheaper and better, to provide a simple means for driving the carrier in which the driving means also serves to'hold it in the correct position for receiving match sticks and to permit the easy ejection of the sticks, to provide a simpler and better sticking head for inserting sticks in the carrier,

to providemeans for ejecting the matches and at the same time putting them into their own trays, and in general to make a better and more efficient machine of this type than has heretofore been constructed.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings forming a part of this specitication, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views. l

Figure 1 is a side elevation of that part of the machine called the station, in which the sticking and ejecting takes place.

Fig. 2-is a broken view from the inside of the machine showing in front elevation the side of the machine in which the splints are inserted.

Fig. 3 is a broken plan view of the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2. l

Fig. 4 is a central vertical cross section showing the feeding, sticking and ejecting mechanism, the view being taken on an enlarged scale. l

Fig. 5 is a diagram of the machine.

Fig. 6 is a front or faceview of a part of the carrier.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of apart of the carrier. .,v Y,

Fig. 8 is a cross section on the line 8-'8 of Fig. 6. 1

Fig. 9 is a plan of the yoke or carriage from which the sticking and ej eeting mechanism are operated. f

Fig. 10 is a detail section showing the sticking head in a different position from that illustrated in Fig. 4.

Fig. 11- is a broken detail plan of a part of the boxing attachment, and

Fig. 12 is a detail of the cleaningl comb.

Fig. 5 shows the general arrangement of the machine in diagram, in-which A represents the station where the sticking and ejecting of the match splints and matches occur; B represents the hot plate for heating the splints;. C, the dipping means, and D the general course of the carrier for drying the matches. The organization illus'- trated in the diagram is not new, and on the other hand the invention is not limited to any such arrangement and organization.

The carrier 10 is an endless carrier'and it is formed of a series of narrow connecting bars 11 which are linked together, and to this end each bar has on one side spaced| apart and near its end portions, lugs 12, the pair of lugs 12 fitting between lugs 13 on the opposite side of the next adjacent plate as shown in Fig. 6, so that when the plates or bars 11 are placed together', the lugs 12 will interlock with the lugs 18 and the several bars or plates are linked'together by the pins 14. Rows of holes 15 occur in the bars or plates substantially as usual, to receive the match sticks 16. lSo far as the structure of the carrier is concerned itis of courseimmaterial how the match splints are placed therein. The carrier is quite a departure from the ordinary practice in making plate or bar carriers for matches. Usually the plates orl bars are made from plate steel or cast metal, andthe holes are drilled accurately therethrough, while a milling machine is ,generallyy necessary to provide feeding means at the ends of the bars, which means is sometimes a rack and pinion, sometimes a screw mechanism,l etc. In our case, however, we make the bar narrow with the interlocking parts as stated, and they are made from die castings, the holes 15, theholes 17 at the ends ofthe plates, and the holes for the pins 14 all being cast in the barsvor plates. W e ind that this saves a veryl great ,amounty of money in building the carrier, and that the barsV are actually better because'the holes are all perfectly smooth and accurate. Y

The Vcarrier is driven by means'of pin vor matches, but it will be noticed that in our ,case all this is unnecessary because no Inatter how much the carrier may stretch as a whole when the plates ll are engaged by the fpin wheels ,719, the latter being intermittently moved as hereinafter described, Ahold the plates which are' to receive the match sticks, or Yfrom which matches are to be ejected, in accurate position. M

The pin wheels 19 are carried by a Shaft 20 which is mounted in themain frame 9, and they can be driven in any usual w-ay. 7e will Vpresently refer, however, to the preferred means of vdriving them, Referring to Fig. 5, it will be 4noticed that the carrier driven'by the pin wheels 19 passes up over the guide pulleys 22 and-23, thence downward beneath the pulley Q4 and'over ythepulley'V 25, thence around the pulleys 26 and 27, thence over the pulleys 28- and 29 to dry in substantially thence back over the pulley 30 to the ejecting mechanism opposite the pin wheels 19.

is-illustrated the pin wheels are driven by means of lthe ratchet wheel 3l which is secured to the shaft 9.0, and on the shaft is an oscillating arm 32 (see Fig. l) carrying the pawl 33 to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel 3l. The arm 32 and the pawl. are raised and lowcredby thc cam wheel 34 en the' vertical vshaft 35 which is mounted in suitable brackets 86 and 871 (see Fig; 2) and connects by means of bevel pinions 88 and 39 with the. shaft 40 on which the driving pulley 4lgis fixed. As will presently appear' the moving parts of the machine are all driven from this shaft 35, but driving means is unimportant.' VIhitending centrally-through the station A of the machine is a. Atrack formed of parallel rails 42 on the frame 9 of the machine, and on this track slides the arms 453 of the yoke or carriage 44v (see Figs. 4 and 9)`. At its Ifront, end the carriage serves to operate the sticking-head shownin Figs. 4'and'10, and it carries a pusher plate 45whi`ch is spaced apart 'from'the carriage-byv a kspa-cer block 46,;and 1,the .pusher plate .45 slides overthe the usual planner,

obviously the i bed plate 47 which also has aslidingmovement with the Vcarriage and with the-jms'her plate is made in two parts 47 and 48 simply VVas a matter of convenience.

The carriage 44 is provided with holes 51a through which extend the brackets l connecting with the bed plate 47 aforesaid, and the brackets lat their lower ends are connected -to a cross rod'52 .havingI taperedends 53 (see Fig. 2) which slide in slots 54' (see Figs. 4 and 10V) in .plates Yattached to the machine frame 9. so that Vthe plate 47 has a guided and limited movement beneath the shaker 50. The carriage 44 can be moved inany convenient way, but we have Vshown the arms 43 provided with lugs 56 (see Fig. 4) connecting byrods 57 with eccentrics 58 on theI shaft 59, and this shaft is Adriven by 'bevel pinions 60 vand 6l connecting with the aforesaid shaft 35, and thus a reciprocating motion is imparted tothe car r1 age.

The shaker is substantially as usual in machines ofl this kind, having' partition .pla-tes 62 vertically and transversely therethough, and lying beneath corresponding plates 63 in the lower partv the hopper 64. 'lhe splints areinserted straight in the hopper and vare further held ibyY the springs 65 in theV ends vthereofpvhil'e the division plates 63 and vserve to keepvthem straight and deliver them straight to the grooves 49 of the plate 48.

There is a little "lost motion between the carriage 44 andthe bed-plate 47, because the slots 5ft-are' long enough' to permit this. When the carriage vbegins to move back it willtherefore move slightly before the inner walls of the slots 5la engage the brackets 51, and move the bed-plate back. lVhcn the carriage reaches the limit of itlshstroke therefore,the lparts willibe in the position shown in Fig. 4, and with the grooved portions49 directly beneath the shaker. 'l`his`arra'nge mentis'such that the greoved parts .donot at their inner lends come within the-inner wall ofthe shaker, and so match sticks are prevented from wed-ging in between the plate and theshaker wall. AThis is important and facilitates the smooth working of the machine.

the carriage takes place, the'jmsher-plate Al5 will first move because' ofthe lost motion above referred to, thus'starting the splints smoothly from the grooves 49, and when the plate 46 reaches the plate 47, thetwo will move together to the position shown-in Fig. 10, and the sticks-will be smoothlyian"dlaccurately inserted in the carrier. Y Y

The 'shakerO` 'can-*loe moved backend forth in any usual way, and we haveshown Vhen the.' reverse mov'ei'nent of ililO Cil

vthe front member of the carrier (see Fig. 4)

so as to stifen the carrier against the thrust of the sticking head.

To provide for cleaning the grooves 49 of the plate 48 from any slivers, broken splints, etc., we use a comb which is vertically movable and the lower edge of which is shaped to Iit the glooved plate. This comb moves in slots 7l (see Fig. 4 and is held down by weights 72l (see Fig. 3) so asto fit snugly -against-the bed plate. The outer ends of the comb (see Fig. I3) Vride on the eccentrics 58, and so are raised and lowered with each stroke of the carriage 44, and the arrangement is such that the comb is lifted when thee-sticking head moves inward to press the splints in the carrier, and is Vdropped on the return stroke so as to push any slivers or obstructions from the bed plate grooves. Y f

' The matches after being dipped `and as they return on the opposite side of the station A, are ejected from the carrier by pins 74 which enter the inner ends of the holes 15, and these are carried by -a cross bar 73 pending arm 77 having `Va loose connection by lmeans of the screw 78 with a lug 79 on one of the carriage arms 43.

VIt will therefore be seen by reference to Fig. 4 that when the carriage 44 moves inward to insert a row of match sticks in the carrier 10, it will at the'same time actuate the ejectng mechanism to force the pins'7 4 into the holes of thel Acarrier and eject vthe finished matches from the carrier. This is an important improvement'in'the art and greatly simpliesmachines of this character, 'as a single sliding mechanism is thus made to operate both the injecting and ejeeting devices whereby greateconomy of construction andaccuracy of actionfare obtained. v

Opposite the point where the matches are ejected the carrier isbacked bya grid 80 supported on brackets -81 fastened 'to the frame` 9, and the grid has the A horizontal plates 82 opposite the` spaces between the holesl of the carrier'and closely abutting with the carrier, so that the grid serves -as an abut-ment to stiften the carrier againstthe 'thrust ofthe ejector,-'and the plates 82 separate the formed matches Vfrom each other. This arrangementof the grid, however, is not new except vinl connection with the'mechanism for putting the` matches into trays. Below the grid is a slide plate 83 which is movable backward and forward and is like a comb, having members 84 which when the plate is moved lie alternately beneath the plates 82 of the grid 80 and beneath the spaces between the'said plates, and the moving mechanism is timed so that when the matches are ejected from the carrier they will liek between the plates 82 and upon the members 84 of the plate 83. As the ejector is retracted, however, the

plates 83 slide so that the matches drop b etween the members84 and into the trays 88 which are arranged beneath theplate 83 vto receive the matches.' The slotted plate 83 canbemoved in any convenient way, and a simple way isto .provide it with an arm 85 having a cam groove 86 therein which receives a pin 87 (see Fig. 3) ononeof the carrier arms 43. a By the arrangement above noted it will be seen that the fall of the matches as they are ejected is interrupted by the members 84. When the matches are ejected the heads, because of their density and smoothness are inclinedto fall faster than the body portions of the splints, and if they fall direct into thev traysV theyv are quite likely to become disarranged, ,particularly if there should be the slightest movement of the trays; but where the fall ofthe splints is interrupted by the members 84, the splints have an opportunity to straighten out between the arms of the grid 80,'and then when the members 84 arelsuddenly removed they drop smoothly and evenly'into the trays. 1 Y f 'The trays 88 are held between the clips 89. of a horizontally moving `belt 90 which moves across the machine below the point where the matches are ejected, being guided by the plates 91 and 92, and the upper part of the belt moving over the guide table The plates 91 and 92 and table 98 vare suitably supported and serve as a framework for the upper part of the box tray carrying belt. The belt 89 moves over suitable guide pulleys'94 and 94, and the shaft 95 of; one of the upper pulleys is hung in a bracket 96 (see Fig. 1) and is provided with a ratchet wheelv 97 (see Figs. 1 and 2) which is engaged by the pawls 98 on the oscillating arm 99, the latter connecting'by the link 100 with the eccentric 101 on the shaft 102, this connecting bygears 103 and 104`with the shaft 35 already referred to. It will thus be-seen that the belt 89 is given a step by step movement and the connection with the eccentric 101 can be an ordinarily adjust-v able one so that the stroke of the link and the speed of the belt can be nicelyregulated. Y' v It is-.desirable to shake the upper member of thebelt 89 a little so as to settle theL matches intheir trays. Any suitablemeans can be 'used for this purpose, and we have shown a shaft 105 behind and parallel with the shaft 102, this shaft at its front end having a finger 106 connecting with the teeth of the gear 103 so that as the finger rattles over the teeth, the shaft is rocked or treinbled, and at its opposite end the shaft has a rod 107 slightly offset from the shatt and Vextendingl upward through the table against the bottom of the belt 89.

F rom the foregoing' description it will be seen that we have shown a very accurately operating and comparatively simple machine ttor the intended purpose, which will continuously feed the match sticks to the carrier and continuously eject the matches into their containers, and while we have shown means for inserting splints from an ordinary hopper, it will be obvious that' many parts of the invention are not at all dependent on this idea ot supplying,- splints to the carrier.

v1. A match machine comprising an endless carriei' having' parts arranged to form vertical legs or members movable in opposite directions, match splint inserting means opposite one leg of the carrier, match ejecting,` Vmeans opposite the other leg' of the carrier', the inserting` and ejecting means being` in essentially horizontal alineinent, a horizontal sliding' carriage movable between the two legs 0i' the carrier andin essential alineinent with the inserting' and ej ecting' means, and mechanism connected to and moved by the carriage for'operating both the inserting' and ejecting' means.

2. A match machine having an endless carrier with single vertical legs arranged opposite each other and movable in 0p'- posite directions, match stick inserting means opposite one leg of the carrier, match ejectingl means between thek two legs of the carrier and operating to eject matches from the second leg of the carrier, the inserting' and ejecting' means being' in essentially horizontal alinement, a horizontal track between the inserting' and ejecting means, a carriage sliding' on the track, and

an operative connection between the carriage and the inserting and ejecting; means whereby the two said devices are operated.

3. 'A match machine comprisingr a carrier having two single vertical legis' movable in opposite direct-ions and spaced apart vfrom each other, match stick inserting' means opposite one leg' of the carrier, match ejecting' means opposite the second leg' of the carrier, driving wheels having' their a-Xes in essential alinement with the match inserting' and ejecting.,lr mechanism, said wheels being located between the two legs of the carrier and directly engaging the carrier, a sliding' lcarriage.,movable between the match stick insertinlgi'v and match Vejectingv mechanism, i

and an operative connection between the said carriage and the said match stick-,inserting' and match ejecting devices. Y Y

et. In a match machine the combination with the carrier and the sliding' carriage, ot the grooved bed plate adapted to receive match sticks moved by but to a less extent than the carriage, and a pusher plate movable with the carriage and the bed plate,

said pusher plate riding' on the bed plateV and adapted to force the match sticks into the carrier.

5. In a match machine the combination Y with the carrier, ot a reciprocating' bed plate having' match receiving' grooves in one part,

said bed plate moving--perpendicular to the-V plate mounted on the bedplate behind theV Ig'looved portion thereof, said pusher plate having a limited tree movement on the bedplate and adaptedthrough contact therewith to move the bedplate backward and forward, and a connection between the carriage and the pusher plate whereby the movement of the carriage is imparted to the pusher plate. v Y

7. The combination with the carrier, of the match inserting means comprising a support, a grooved bedplate slidable back and forth 0n the support and perpendicular to the carrier, a reciprocating' pusher plate loehind the ,qroovcd part or' the bedplate, said pusher plate having' a. limited free movement with relation to the bedplate but adapted through contact with the bed plate to move it, and means for actuating' the pusher plate.

8. In a match. machine the combination with the carrier having means for carrying' matches Vin parallel relation perpendicular to the carrier, vand means for ejecting matches from the carrier, of a grid rigidly supported at its outer end and having inwardly extending' members thin enough to enter between the rows of matches and with the free ends or' said members nearly in Contact with the carrier, a slotted plate reciprocating"directly-below the grid, and a carrying belt movable below the said slotted Y plate. Y Y

WARREN B. HUTCHINSON.. j SAMUEL NL-FRIEDE.r lVitnesses:

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